When sports fans wear their lucky shirts on game day, they know it is irrational to think clothing can influence a team’s performance. But they do it anyway.
Date Posted: November 11, 2015
Categories: Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Fear
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MoodGYM was controversial when it first came out. “People did feel threatened,” said Christensen. “They said it’s unethical, harmful – you’re doing damage and you don’t know it. Or you’re stopping people from getting the real help ...
Sep 28
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression
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Researchers long have known many people end cognitive behavioral therapy before the recommended course of treatment has ended, but why that happens has remained something of a mystery.
Sep 22
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Everybody loves cognitive behavioural therapy. It's the no-nonsense, quick and relatively cheap approach to mental suffering - with none of that Freudian bollocks, and plenty of scientific backing. So it was unsettling to learn, from a paper in the ...
Jul 4
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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There might be a social stigma that seeing a psychologist or therapy is “crazy”. There is something mentally wrong with the person, they are not able to function in their daily life. Here are some reasons that it would be good to see a therapist ...
Jun 26
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression
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Some individuals think that psychotherapy is not effective, is harmful. Why do clients feel this way? A new study aims to find out the experience of therapy for clients who have showed no significant improvement or condition has deterioriated ...
Feb 28
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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(Young minds’ edition) A contrast between cognitive abilities and crystallized intelligence.
Dec 13
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Study associates poor neurocognitive outcomes with variations in genes related to brain inflammation and oxidative stress, highlight potential interventions
Dec 12
Categories: Cancer, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Why do we keep doing and feeling the same things over and over again, even when they aren’t serving us well in any capacity whatsoever? Oh, the madness!
Dec 8
Categories: Attachment Issues, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Group mindfulness treatment is as effective as individual cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in patients with depression and anxiety, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden and Region Skåne. This is the first randomised study to ...
Nov 29
Categories: Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Mindfulness
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Cognitive therapy, commonly known as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), aims to help people to identify and change negative, self-destructive thought patterns. And although it does not work for everyone with depression, data have been accumulating ...
Nov 17
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression
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Psychological support for heart patients is waning despite nearly half experiencing mental health problems after their heart event.
Sep 5
Categories: Adult psychological development, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mental ...
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Sometimes a pencil is just a pencil. And sometimes, a pencil is a great deal more. Writing is a powerful tool for those dealing with mental health issues. It might be especially important in cases of trauma where integrating memory is a critical ...
Jul 23
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Complex PTSD, Depression, Post ...
GOThe rise of CBT has been welcomed by many as safe, effective alternative to drug treatments for mental illness. However, there are also fears that CBT has grown too dominant, crowding out other less structured, more time consuming forms of ...
Jun 26
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Can psychological intervention help women adapt to the stresses of breast cancer? It appears that a brief, five-week psychological intervention can have beneficial effects for women who are dealing with the stresses of breast cancer diagnosis and ...
May 21
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Health / Illness / Medical Issues
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In 1952, the same year that chlorpromazine was introduced as the first effective drug treatment for schizophrenia, Aaron Beck first employed a form of cognitive-based talk therapy to treat delusional thinking. While chlorpromazine inaugurated the ...
Apr 9
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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